Lucky lads like this young sailor handled gunpowder on board naval ships during wartime. What were they called?

For decades, the Navy employed boys as young as 11 to serve as powder monkeys, responsible for transporting gunpowder from a ship's hold to its cannons during battle. Then it dawned on the world that putting children to work in a battle zone was not a great practice.

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